Spatial Ability
and Karyotyping Ability
Completing a human karyogram requires visual recognition of 23 pairs of differently oriented chromosomes in a metaphase cell based on the relative length, centromere location and specific banding patterns of the chromosomes.   Karyotyping thus reflects a judgment process that involves spatial ability.
My research question:
Can individual differences in student abilities to correctly identify chromosomes be predicted from performance on three spatial ability tests?
 
Thesis Advisory Committee
Major Advisor: Joseph Smey
Associate Advisors: Richard Bohannon, and James Holzworth